Security remains the top concern for enterprises considering a move to cloud services. This issue has been aggravated in our post-Snowden world. While security must be an important priority, it requires a sense of proportion rather than a fear-based approach.

Definitions are important, but not enough if reality changes – fast. We happen to support more companies of large scale and more users in the business cloud environment than any of the so-called cloud Version 1.0 vendors.

Here is a list of questions that you should ask a cloud service provider, when thinking about running cloud solutions. If your cloud service provider can address them, it’s one of your choices -- and should be good to stand in front of your IT department.

Two-third of organizations in Asia use some form of cloud--whether private, hybrid or public. Some 40 percent currently use infrastructure-as-a-service, 39 percent tap platform-as-a-service, reveals ZDNet study.